An exploratory study of Internet adoption by SMEs in an emerging market economy

European Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 324-333

  Kula, Veysel ^a   Tatoglu, Ekrem ^b  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BEYKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Emerging markets; Internet; Small to medium sized enterprises; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166703     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340310493045     Document Type: Article

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